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Ernest Gaines

Grace under pressure isn’t just about bullfighters and men at war. It’s about getting up every day to face a job or a white boss you don’t like but have to face to feed your children so they’ll grow up to be a better generation.

– Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines

I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They sent it back because it wasn’t novel.

– Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

– Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines

I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.

– Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines

I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don’t think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.

– Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I’m trying to figure out what manliness really is.

– Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines

I write with as much objectivity as I can.

– Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines

I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn’t be the writing.

– Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines

What I miss today more than anything else – I don’t go to church as much anymore – but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing.

– Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines

I think I’m a very religious person. I think I believe in God as much as any man does. I don’t only believe in God, I know there’s God.

– Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines

All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened.

– Ernest Gaines

Ernest Gaines

When I’m sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I can hear their praying, and sometimes I hum one of their songs.

– Ernest Gaines

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